good morning, america. good morning, america. this morning -- breaking news. a bloody finale for the suspected bank robber accused of fatally shooting a police officer. what happened when he tried to hold up another bank across the country and how police finally tied this wild crime spree together. suicide bombing. with the olympics just weeks away, a woman blows herself up at a train station in russia, killing more than a dozen people, and raising terrorism fears as we head into the winter games. frigid forecast. extreme winter weather to ring out the year. blizzard conditions and wind chills of 50 below, paralyzing holiday travel. who will be shoveling their

sidewalks and bundling up for the start of 2014? and interception. former quarterback jesse palmer springing into action during halftime to save the life of a fellow announcer in a maneuver definitely not covered in the nfl playbook. hey, good morning. t-minus 2 1/2 days until 2014. and we've got a special guest here this morning. spider-man on an important mission, at the scene of the times square ball drop. whoa, there he is. careful, you can pull a hammie that way, dude. this will be viewed by a billion people around the world. he's on a mission to make sure everything goes smoothly. >> we bring our viewers only the best. also ahead -- stranded on a ship, frozen at sea. definitely not a way a crew of scientists would like to ring in the new year. we'll bring you the latest update on the new rescue operation at the bottom of the

world to free a ship stuck at the antarctic. how the passengers are holding up as they wait for help to arrive. hopefully soon. >> they're anxious for help there. we're going to start with the bloody end to a cross-country crime spree. a suspected bank robber and cop killer shot dead in yet another attempted money grab. >> the fbi tying together a trail of violence in three states and abc's ron claiborne has been covering the story for days. >> what a story. it was a wild and violent ending to what the fbi says was one man's week-long rampage of bank robberies and murder -- one single murder -- that stretched from atlanta, georgia, mississippi and to finally, phoenix, arizona. the fbi said that the gunman robbed this phoenix bank on saturday. as he was leaving, bag of cash and gun in hand, he was spotted by a responding police officer. the two began shooting it out. >> i just heard a loud pop, one

after another. it was like four or five. >> reporter: a police detective arrived at the scene and joined in. >> he sees the suspect firing at our officer. the officer is trying to retreat and take cover. at that point, the detective drew his service weapon and he fired at the suspect. >> reporter: the suspected bank robber was killed in the shoot-out. now the fbi says it appears he's the same man responsible for a crime spree that began in atlanta, georgia, moved to tupelo, mississippi, and finally, phoenix, nearly 1900 miles, and triggered a manhunt that reached as far north as chicago. in a statement, the fbi said we believe that this suspect is the same individual. last monday morning, a bank robber attempted to hold up this atlanta bank, he's seen on this surveillance video in that bank. later the same day, the same man police believed robbed a bank in tupelo, mississippi, and killed police officer gail stouffer while fleeing. the manhunt for that suspect is very likely over. and law enforcements tell abc

news that physical similarities are what led them to say it was the same suspect in all three of the bank robberies. we should learn more about this later today from fbi officials, including perhaps the biggest mystery of all, who was this guy, this suspect. >> identifying him finally. >> who it was. >> all right, ron, thank you. we're going to turn now to the breaking news out of russia, a female suicide bomber walking into a train station and blowing herself up, killing multiple civilians, this all happening of course just six weeks before the start of the winter olympics, raising new security concerns. abc's muhammad lila is in london bureau. the city this took place in is near sochi, the site of the olympics. >> reporter: it's very close to it in fact. good morning, bianna. the death toll is likely to rise after the attack. the target, a busy train station this morning. take a look at this. the security cameras captured the exact moment the bomb went off. if you look at the footage, you you can see the blast and the smoke pouring out of the windows of the building. russian officials say at least 14 people are now dead and 35

wounded. most of them in serious condition. there are confirmed children among the casualties, including a 9-year-old girl who was killed. now russian officials confirm it was a female suicide bomber behind today's attack. they say she had the explosives in a bag that went past security scanner when the bombs went off. had she made it inside the main part of the train station, the death toll would have easily been in the hundreds. this happened in the town of volgograd. two months ago, another suicide bomber targeted a bus killing 6. and injuring about 30. of course, bianna, this raises serious questions about how safe the upcoming olympics will be. russia is fighting its own battle with militants in the southern part of the country. some of those militants have threatened to target the upcoming olympics. the fear, of course, now today's bomb could be just the first in a bigger wave of something to come. >> this is something that president vladimir putin has been very concerned about there. just six weeks away. also, muhammad, you mentioned

that this was a female suicide bomber. we don't know her identity yet. but we have seen female suicide bombers in russia in the last, these so-called black windows. aligning themselves with chechen rebels. >> absolutely, this is not -- this is a phenomenon that is known in russia, this isn't the first time that a female suicide bomber has detonated herself. killing large numbers of people. there actually is a history of this happening in russia for several years. in fact the most important thing, just two months ago, another female suicide bomber detonated herself aboard a bus, killing 6 and injuring about 30. there's a real concern here that this is a growing problem. that russia is going to have to deal with before the olympics take place. >> six weeks to go, and as you said, the death toll from this attack may well rise. muhammad lila in our london bureau. thank you. back here at home, the stormy weekend weather that will stretch right into the new year, blizzard conditions followed by dangerous, dangerous cold, and meteorologist bill evans is from our new york station wabc is tracking all of it. good morning. >> good morning, dan. what we're looking at, as the

national weather service in minneapolis put this, winter storm watches, warnings, advisories, all posted overnight. now we are down to watches this morning. this type of cold, 50 below zero temperatures here for the real feel, the minneapolis weather service office called that flash freezing that could freeze your flesh in a matter of moments. across the area. so, this cold air is across seven states. it's creating a lot of travel problems if lower portion of the country. this morning, much of the midwest is waking up in a deep freeze, facing dropping temperatures. road conditions so bad, north dakota officials are asking people to stay put. the whole region recovering from windchills that dropped 40 below zero. >> this is just miserable, miserable. >> reporter: in minnesota, damaging winds, pummeling drivers, struggling to keep their vehicles on the road. the bitter cold is expected to bear down on celebrations across

the east. in times square, revelers will be partying with windchills in the teens. last year it was in the 40s when the ball dropped. bostonians will feel the single digits as they flock to see patty smith and her band at the annual first night celebration. and in detroit, folks gathering for the motor city new year's eve "d" drop will feel temperatures in the teens. chicagoans face frigid temps. just 17 degrees. last year here in new york city, they were wearing bathing suits in times square, it was so warm. not this time around. 34 will be the temperature. and teens for the windchills when the ball drops in new york city. we're looking at teens and 20s across the area. big rains coming up the east coast today. we'll talk about that and bitter cold for next week and a big snowstorm next week in the northeast. bianna. >> those were the good old days. last new year's, it was warm. thank you. now, to the race against time to free a cruise ship frozen in ice in antarctica.

extreme conditions ended the first two rescue missions. new hope that the third time will be the charm for the dozens of passengers stranded at sea since christmas eve. abc's gio benitez has the very latest. i can imagine they don't want to be celebrating new year's eve there. >> reporter: i would not want to be there. good morning to you, bianna. dan, good morning. that powerful australian icebreaker could be reaching that stranded ship at any moment. that's if it doesn't get stuck in that thick ice that trapped the 74 tourists and researchers in the first place. this morning, after four days stuck in more than 13 miles of ice, a helicopter was dispatched from a chinese icebreaker ship to fly over the stranded vessel, the reconnaissance, the latest in the effort to rescue the stranded ship, could be the final step before freeing. >> the chinese have launched a helicopter to see how far out the ship is. >> reporter: that icebreaker from china tried friday to

rescue the ship but got stuck and had to turn back. another from france couldn't even make it past the edge of the ice. now, the explorers are hoping this ice breaking ship, the "aurora austalis," now only 100 miles away, can free them. >> we're still here. stuck, any passing ship do pay a visit. >> brilliant. >> reporter: as the explorers endured those menacing winds. forcing more and more sea ice against the ship, packing them in. >> hopefully, it will start easing up little bit. that will relieve the pressure. >> reporter: the explorers got stuck near antarctica christmas morning. after visiting historic research sites there. now, the team is using social media to send more than just an sos, sharing incredible images from above sea and the penguins underneath. and they're sending videos to family and friends. >> just saying hi, to let you know we're going to be a little bit late. >> reporter: this explorer sending one to his parents. >> hi, mom and dad, i hope you are enjoying the summer as i am. you'll be pleased to know that i am keeping up with my fitness. >> reporter: and keeping up with their smiles.

telling us about what they need most. >> to be perfectly honest, the main thing is the coffee supply. >> reporter: that coffee supply. remember, they tell us they have seven weeks' worth of food left before they run out and they're confident that the australian icebreaker will finally tear through that ice and rescue them. let's hope. >> i have to say, you watch that video and it looks like they're having a good time. >> oh, yeah, they're explorers, come on. >> thank you, gio. lots of other news overnight. let's get it back to ron. we're going to begin in the middle east where tensions are high after a rocket attack on israel, from neighboring lebanon, the rockets from southern lebanon struck inside northern israel. the israeli military fired back. shelling the area of the rocket launch. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is blaming hezbollah for today's attack. israeli police say there were no injuries, though, in today's reported incident and it comes a day ahead of secretary of state john kerry's visit. to the middle east. back here at home, a 15-year-old wisconsin teenager

and her boyfriend were arrested in new mexico after a nationwide crime spree allegedly, and the search for the couple. police said they chased the couple and two friends who were with them. when they were inside a stolen van. after ditching the van, we understand that they tried to escape on foot but than were arrested by police. police had issued a search for the girl after her diabetes medicine was found in another stolen and abandoned car. and in mexico, a large section of a highway collapsed just south of the border city of tijuana, it happened after a series of small earthquakes in that area. the unsteady roadway dropped 100 feet. luckily, no reports of any injuries there. and a 9-year-old boy from california sets a new record climbing argentina's tallest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres. tyler armstrong, the youngest climber to get to the summit. which is over 22,000 feet. pretty high. tyler worked out twice a day for a year and a half to prepare himself for that climb. and finally, an all-star

save by espn's jesse palmer of his broadcasting partner chris fowler, it happened last night while the two were doing the play by play of the pinstripe bowl at yankee stadium. here in new york city. at halftime, fowler started to choke on a chicken sandwich that he was eating. palmer performed the heimlich maneuver. saving him. after ward, fowler tweeted, never before needed a heimlich at halftime. or any time. fowler posted saturday. thanks jesse palmer, he saved me from death by a dry chicken sandwich. really? not bad to have a quick thinking ex-nfl player around when heimlich needed. i will take bruised ribs to avoid choking. dan and bianna, i'm right here, at your side, if you ever need help. >> takeaway is, no more chicken sandwiches. >> ex-bachelor we should say as well, jesse palmer. former, yes. all right, thanks, ron. now to a food story of an entirely different and slightly safer variety. if you're considering a new year's resolution that involves changing your diet, listen up,

there are big changes coming to a vending machine near you and abc's reena ninan is on the story. >> reporter: good morning. so, dan, i raided our abc news vending machine, i have pop tarts, hot fudge sundae pop-tarts. doritos for bianna. but the good news is, if you like your frito-lays, you can still keep them. now, you'll know how many calories are in the bag before you buy it. problems with healthcare.g.o.v. set back $400 million. but there's a new charge about to drop. according to an fda estimate, $25.8 million could be spent to encourage americans to make healthier choices -- vending machine choices. >> vending machines are often a last resort for people. so, if you're trying to eat healthy, you can't read the labels of what's trapped behind the glass. >> reporter: to help curve obesity-related cost, owners of an estimated 5.4 million snack and soda machines will now be required to post calorie counts on all of their products. how bad could it be?

we grabbed our smoothest dollar bills to check it out. potato chips, trail mix, how about these hot buffalo wing pretzels? 280 calories. might as well eat the buffalo wings. would you punch the same numbers if you knew these numbers? not all candy is created equal. pretzel m&ms 150. 3 musketeers, 240. snickers, 250. many chains have already started posting calories next to their items. in new york city, it's a requirement. >> they found people were choosing 100 fewer calories when they knew the calorie counts. over the course of a year, every day, that adds up to ten pounds. >> ten pounds of weight is a lot to lose. the final rule on vending machines is expected early next year. but companies, right now, will have a year to comply. dan and bianna? >> i have to say, not just because it's abc, dan, we also have a healthy vending as well.

there's fruit, vegetables, pretzels, hummus. >> hummus, i actually used it once in a while. i would want to know the calorie count. >> i would too. you were actually quite intri e intrigued by some of the stats. >> yeah, i was. i'm a huge dork that put me outside of the norm. >> no, you're a loveable dork. >> thank you. we're going to turn to a heart warming story of a dad winning the battle of the bulge to save his little girl's life. he went on a strict diet regimen, he dropped enough weight to become a liver donor for his dying baby daughter. marci gonzalez is here with more. what a touching story. >> great to see you too. it's because of that sacrifice, this beautiful little girl now not only has her father's eyes and smile, she has a piece of him that has bonded them in a most remarkable way. when eduardo shed more than 40 pounds in just two months, it was meant to save a life, but not his own.

his youngest daughter was born with a life-threatening condition and at just 5 months old, she needed a liver transplant to stay alive. >> that's when it hit me. i knew i had to do something. i didn't want my daughter to be on the waiting list. >> reporter: he volunteered to donate a part of his liver. but once he met with doctors at northwestern memorial hospital in chicago, he learned that at 210 pounds he wasn't healthy enough to be her donor. >> there was fat in his liver. so we counselled him, to be a donor safely he would have to lose weight. >> reporter: and that's just what he did. despite the many years that had passed since the 35-year-old had seen the inside of a gym, he ran 20 miles a week, through the pain and at times tears, with just one thing on his mind -- >> when i was struggling, i would just think of my daughter,

my eyes would get watery and i had to keep going. i was thinking, please, god, hymn me help my daughter. >> reporter: his prayers, answered. his hard work, paired with healthier eating, paying off. eduardo slimmed down to 168 pounds and decreased the fat in his liver, as his little girl took a sudden turn for the worse. >> i came rushing home. we rushed to the hospital. and we went into surgery the next day. >> reporter: the surgery went smoothly. the doctor removed about third of his liver and rushed it across the street to the children's hospital where they replaced her failing liver with her father's healthy one. now, after months of recovery, she's back home -- happy, healthy and still keeping dad on the move. >> it's just awesome to have her with me and just to have her follow me all over the place, it feels real good. >> reporter: and there's said to be nearly 16,000 people on the waiting list for a liver transplant right now.

eduardo decided to share his story to encourage more people to become organ donors. >> i can't think of a better incentive to lose weight. >> that's so sweet. >> it looks like he kept the weight off. >> well, he's chasing after a little one. >> it benefited both of them now. >> great story, marci, thank you. time to check the weather once again, and a warning, bill evans is determined to give bad news as well. bill, take it away. >> you brought me back. that's what you get. here's what's happening today. you're going to need your rain gear along the atlantic coast. here's the reason why, a vigorous low-pressure system, a nice jet stream over 100 miles an hours on hour on top of that. you got water values that are very high and also a lot of warm convection. right into the d.c. area now where the heaviest rains are starting to occur. the shenandoah valley and the chesapeake bay. here's a live look from d.c. this morning. you can see the capitol and the washington monument. this rain, maybe an inch to an inch and a half of rain and across the area as we go along.

we'll be seeing, you know, a lot of rain from the philly area, washington, d.c., down to the smoky mountains and the atlanta coast. all of the way down to jacksonville, florida. an inch to an inch and a half of rain. but behind that, cold air is going to start to pour in behind that system, even as it leaves, snow from maine, vermont, new hampshire, good snow here. the ski reports are loving that. all of the way into canada, up toward montreal, and it's going to be windy out west, too. warm, very sunny from palm springs, indio. the wind, 50 to 70 miles per hour. there's a fire threat. there have been fires here. it will be 80 in burbank. 70-mile-an-hour wind will be cutting there. across the country today, it's pretty quiet. rain is in the east, that's coming up the coast. but that bitter cold comes across the great lakes and into the northeast for the next week. we're talking about a big snowstorm in the northeast. in the northeastern states. they love it when we talk about that here. that's your weather fo

>> hey, i want to thank you for the chicken sandwich you got me. >> thank you! >> it's been working on me all day. no, it's not there! >> aren't they cute? >> trooim v trying to help you, man. gratitude. >> you know, it's so touching. very touching. i love the bond. thank you. >> the bromance continues. the quick preview of the year-end "this week" with george stephanopoulos. good morning, a very special "this week" coming up. we're calling it the game changers 2013. it's filled with brand-new

exclusive interviews of the people who changed the world this year. from pope francis to senator ted cruz, edward snowden to the teenager nominated for a nobel prize. it's all coming up this morning on "this week." thank you, george, be sure to watch "this week" coming up little bit later right here on abc. >> it's been quite a year. also coming up on "good morning america" -- without a trace, the desperate hunt to find a doctor missing for three weeks, could youtube videos she posted shed light on her mysterious disappearance? >> those videos are remarkable, we'll show you after the break. also coming up -- killed in the caribbean, the great granddaughter -- the heiress to post cereal fortune. stabbed to death at a luxury resort. the man police are calling the murderer. sara haines is with spider-man of all people in times square. sara? >> coming up, i'm right here in times square, i know he's here somewhere. and i can't wait for the moment

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i'm hanging out right now in times square with the spider-man. but i can't imagine that suit is very warm, so i brought him some coffee like we drink here at "gma." he is gearing up for his big new year's eve appearance. oh, my god, i'm hanging out with spider-man. >> here's the funny thing about live television, you don't know what to expect. we want to make sure that you're okay after that near-fall? >> spider-man, i don't know if he survived the fall. i'm great. he apologized profusely. >> i'm surprised you're still speaking with him. yes. >> everybody's allowed an off-day. >> i ignored him through the commercial but we've made up again. we'll be breaking bread later, romantically. >> don't try anything else with him. i'm worried about your safety. >> i'm glad the two of you have reconciled.

we'll see you later on in the show as well. spider-man making sure all is ready for the big day, t-minus 2 days, 3 days? 2 1/2 days until new year's eve. we're going to have a great time in times square. it's going to be an amazing experience. an opportunity for spider-man to take the show away. good morning, america. i'm bianna golodryga. >> i'm dan harris. also coming up -- a great-granddaughter of a american seer cereal heiress found stabbed to death at a luxury resort in the caribbean, what police are saying about this case as they announce an arrest. but first, could a mystery man solve the case of a missing doctor? >> she went missing more than three weeks ago, her car later found in a ditch, now authorities are taking a close look at tender videos she made just before she disappeared and abc's linzie janis is here with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. this is quite a mystery. the fbi telling us, they're trying to put it together, but it's still very much an active investigation. the videos on youtube appears to

show patrick addressing a love interest. >> hey, love. >> reporter: these new videos of this missing michigan doctor. >> so, i want to show you what i made. >> reporter: seen here providing a meal for two. >> here an omelet. >> reporter: -- may provide the clues investigators need to crack the case. but her family says, they only raise more questions. writing in a statement that since patrick is single it's unclear to whom she's making reference in these videos. patrick was last seen on december 5th at this radisson hotel, located just five minutes from her home. and miles from the medical center where she works. >> she was concerned enough about her safety that she elected to go anonymously to a hotel, that suggests to me that she is trying to avoid something or someone. >> reporter: police say patrick tried to pay for a hotel room in

cash because she left her purse and some belongings at her work. according to investigators, after the hotel denied her a room she went back to the medical center. the hotel employee telling police that patrick appeared agitated. two hours later, more than a 100 miles away, patrick's car found in a ditch on the side of the road with a flat tire. inside, her wallet, but no sign of car keys. this morning, the fbi saying, as for the doctor herself, no one reported seeing someone walking along the interstate at that time of the night. or any vehicle or person in the vicinity. the fbi assisting with the investigation is appealing to anyone who may have seen patrick or her car on december 5th, the night she disappeared. her family told investigators that she was strapped with her residency program. that she had been working long hours and not sleeping much. she was due to fly out the 24th on christmas eve to see her

family in florida. >> strange case on a lot of levels. >> really bizarre. >> thank you, linzie. appreciate it. now, let's get a final look at the morning headlines from ron. in the news, a suspected bank robber and alleged cop killer, the subject of a nationwide manhunt, is shot dead by police in phoenix, arizona. the fbi says the same man tried to rob a bank in atlanta last monday and tried to rob and did rob a bank in mississippi and killed a police officer there, the same day. he was killed in a shootout with phoenix police after allegedly robbing a bank in phoenix. and a deadly suicide bombing in russia. at least 14 people killed. dozens woundsed when a female bomber set off of the dom. they have identified the bomber. it comes six weeks before the winter olympic games in russia. last week, a bomber blew herself

up on a bus. and the obama administration says more than 1.1 million people have now signed up for health insurance through the healthcare.gov website. white house officials say twice as many people enrolled in the week leading up to the deadline for coverage beginning january 1st. as did in the first week of december. the sign-ups don't include the number of enrollments through state-run exchanges. >> and women's ufc fighter ronda rousey defended her title saturday night and defeated a rival miesha tate. she won in the third round, making the first time that one of her opponents lasted past the first round. she is undefeated and the first woman thigh taut on the ufc top ten fighters list. >> okay, now over to meteorologist bill evans from channel 7 eyewitness news and new york city with his football picks of the day. and the weather. >> and the weather. whoever likes the water, whoever likes rain is going to do quite well. whoever likes the cold is going to do as well. this the actual temperature in minneapolis, 4 below. 13 below in international falls. 12 below in chicago. these are the morning temperatures tomorrow.

this is how it's going feel tomorrow morning, 10 below in minneapolis. 26 below in international falls. 4 in chicago and that cold air is going to be spreading eastward. let's take a look at some video and we'll show you up toward northern sections of minnesota, right there, right around, central and western minnesota, you see the white-out conditions across the area, that's been terrible there. and that will continue through the morning with this system, as it continues spreading eastward across the great lakes. well, if you like rain, if you're a duck, it's great down south. toad-strangling rain. thaz say on the farm. up the florida coast and into the northeast, out west, still got some chilly conditions across the mountains. spoke cane down through eugene a little bit of fog. that's a look at your forecast and that's

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empire was discovered stabbed to death in a luxury spa resort she ran on the island. she this morning, honduran police say this man is a suspect in the murder of american heiress nedenia post dye, she was reportedly found stabbed to on death in her room at the luxury resort she owned. police chief says that the authorities nabbed lenin roberto arana hours later on his way to the airport. he was detained by police and is being interrogated. his clothes allegedly soaked in blood behind the wheel of dye's car. police say dye, the heiress to the food empire that began with post cereal worked with drug addicts and alcoholics and was helping the suspect quit drugs. >> the reality is, you are quite vulnerable in settings like honduras when you are treating troubled individuals. >> reporter: arana, a local singer, told honduran reporters i'm innocent. she is like a mother to me and i

would like see the proof that they have said i have harmed her. >> i have made friends, life long friends that have supported me through thick and thin. >> reporter: police say dye seen here in a video for her alma mater, george washington university, had been living on this island for 15 years where she ran a luxury spa. dye's body is back in the states. her great-grandmother was the heiress and socialite marjorie merriweather post, who turned a cereal company to an empire. >> such a sad story. aditi, thank you. and coming up on "good morning america" -- spider-man is here, helping everyone ring in the new year, look where he is now. we're there as he carries out the great confetti test, next, you don't want to miss it. fetti test. next. you don't want to miss it. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of over-active nerves ]fetti test.

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♪ ♪ we're doing a special edition of "pop news" this morning. we're getting ready for the biggest new year's eve blowout on the planet, it will all be happening in times square and right here on abc. a big part of the midnight madness is the confetti that goes nearby. >> we're going make sure all systems are go by testing it out. we have a special "pop news." more of a pop-in, spider-man and his friends are here. mark webb, the director of what is sure to be another blockbuster. the amazing spider-man 2 and our sara haines is joining us in downtown times square with the latest. hey, sara. >> we had him to put him in "pop news." because you don't have spider-man and use him throughout the whole show. i'm here with spider-man and some of his friends. you met mark the director, the movie comes out may 2nd. >> may 2nd, yes. >> tell us a little about what

you can say about the movie. >> it's spider-man having a blast at being spider-man. he's really good at being spider-man at this point. of course as we know. he'll have to face off not only the wrath of the big villainous corporation but, one of the most cinematic villains in all of of the spider-mans. he's played by jamie foxx who's unbelievably awesome. that battle is going to be his greatest battle as it says on the poster. you know, peter parker -- he will never be the same after this movie, i'm afraid. >> were you a comic book junkie as a kid? >> i love comics. pretty much every wednesday. >> so, are you living the dream right now? >> i am. i have to pinch myself. >> you're looking young to be a director. >> you are -- >> i thought you were someone else. excuse me, sir, you need to step over here we're doing a real interview. tell me what else. you mentioned jamie foxx. who are some of the other villains that we're going to see? >> we have paul giamatti. >> i love paul giamatti. >> unbelievable, yeah.

we have other villains but it's mainly electra. >> and you're literally in the epicenter of new york city right now. this is all on location. >> we shot this -- i think this is the biggest film ever shot in new york state. some of which we shot over there at times square and so, there is a massive, massive action scene that we shot here, and it's going to take place in times square. >> you have to tune in to see it. >> you have to tune in to see it. tease a little bit on new year's eve. >> may 2nd. is the movie. >> okay. the real movie. okay, we also have the president of countdown entertainment. jeffrey straus, you're a big deal making this new year's celebration happen. what does it mean to have spider-man? >> we're so excited. we're going to see a sneak preview of that clip, we'll get a little bit of that on new year's eve. and i just -- it's amazing. you have done an amazing job. you are making your dream. >> and now, in case anyone's wondering why you're holding a bunch of confetti in your hands,

you brought that to show us. you have a test on the confetti, today, you're giving us an exclusive look at the confetti testing. >> every year, we test the confetti. to make sure it's just perfect on new year's eve. a little bit of that right now. >> now, you're going to let us do an official countdown. we're practicing it right now. >> you're going to lead us and mark is going to direct. >> oh, my goodness. you're going to direct, i have stage fright. okay, go ahead. we're counting down, guys. >> five -- >> rolling. >> five, four, three, two, one -- happy new year! >> happy new year! >> happy new year. yay! >> happy new year. >> that was a little premature. i like that. okay, guys, back to you guys in the studios. >> spider-man is a man of few words. >> spider-man seemed pretty low-key throughout the confetti test. >> the biggest movie shot in new york state, who knew. sara, it looked like you had a lot of fun. i hope you like what you saw at home. we'll be right back, everyone. what you saw at

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live tv is tricky for a whole variety of reasons. let me show you one today, sara haines pulling off a little bit of a bit today. this is from earlier in the show. spider-man jumps into the frame. sara falls, thinking she's going to be caught. >> spider-man to the rescue. >> sara, you are not only tough, but you're a very forgiving person. how is your relationship with spider-man right now? oh, no, yeah. >> it's been rough. spider-man, i'm ignoring him for the next two minutes at least. he wanted to try it again. and i said -- >> sara, what was the director's reaction to that? they spent so much money producing this scene.

>> the director said they might have to move the movie release back. >> your workers' comp complaint has already been filed. thank you very much, thank you to spider-man. thank you everybody for watching. >> happy new year. >> happy new year.

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